Hello

My phone has dual-sim. Which prepaid telco is the best for me? I use the second sim to make calls and use a little data.

If you call less than rm20, get onexox

But beware, onexox dont have ppu, so data is expensive

If you use little data better get non-mainstream telco and get longer year validity such as friendi

Celcom and digi ppu is expensive, hotlink no more validity

Altel is good if you for data cosrm28/1gb or rm48/2gb can last up to 3 months. Validity is 2x but calls are charged in one block

If you use more than rm20 per month but less than rm30, get umobile old prepaid plan for 2x validity and calls charge at 30 sec block

If more than rm30, get umobile new prepaid plan, cheapest calls at 10 sen/min

onexox

short call only 5 cents
call block 30 seconds
no ppu
500mb rm 18, 1.5gb rm29.99
credit validity 2yrs 4 months
6% reward user get user
no gst

Hmmm .... 2nd sim to make calls with little data ?

Celcom coverage mvno
1. Altel - 2x topup validity, 1year validity, data with extended validity
2. OneXOX - subsidiary of XOX (mvno on mvno), 28months validity
3. Merchantrade - still kicking
4. Tunetalk - 1 year validity, cheap data, rm30 topup free 1gb data
5. ToneExcel - not recommended, expensive across the board (MLM)
6. TonePlus - another toneexcel spinoff
7. XOX - a little extra offering than oneXOX, 28months validity etc

U coverage mvno
1. Friendi - 60days validity extension on any standard usage
2. BuzzMe - another mvno showcase by EA
3. Best Mobile - not recommended, not competitive enough (MLM)

DiGi coverage mvno
1. Tron - still alive
2. SpeakOut - 7-11 brand, shrinking base

Maxis coverage mvno
1. All thrown to the dogs

I don't include U here as U is actually a full telco with aims of joining the big three but is not quite there yet.

So, choose what you like:
- If you'd like one with reasonably good customer service then Altel, Tunetalk, Friendi.
- If you want coverage then its any Celcom mvno.
- If you want it (arguably) real cheap for both calls and data then I'd say Tunetalk.
- If you like long data validity or fast download anytime of the day then its Altel.
- If you like extra long account validity then OneXOX or XOX = 28months
- If you like a bit of everything then I'd say Friendi

And finally, if you just want to park a number with 1 year validity then its Altel or Tunetalk as they both have solid backing and will be around for quite a long time. Celcom have a 38% stake in Tunetalk and a long term spectrum sharing agreement with Altel (Altel is actually a full telco licensee with celcom mvno rollout).

You might want to check with 2x validity for altel there. Top up higher than certain amount doesn't had 2x validity

Thanks for your very excellent recommendations!

onexox is different with xox

onexox more expensive call rate RM0.24/minutes

theorytically yes 24 cents/min look expensive

its very rare ppl got charge 24 cents/min bcos DA balance will utilize 1st...i think i nerver got charge for MA rate bcos always got balance in DA

btw onexox also charge 30 seconds per block & got 10 fren & family to all telco which also apply to MA account



This post has been edited by adiwarna: Sep 6 2015, 11:59 AM

These days, for call rate I don't want to pay more than 10 cents/min so oneXOX is expensive for people who talk a lot. There are many options in the market. Celcom magic also not bad at 12 cents/min but right now the hero is U power at 5 cents per 30 seconds.

As far as I know (as of today), the highest calling rate (of a newly registered prepaid) would be DiGi Smart prepaid at 30sen/min (non-Buddyz). OneXOX MA call rates is the same as #hotlink (24sen/min) while the DA call rates of 18sen/min is the same as Friendi (all are off-net rates). AFAIK, oneXOX users are seldom charged under MA rates.

Yes, U power gives the lowest 5sen/30secs calling rates at the moment but any bottomline depends on an individual's needs/requirements/preferences. Sometimes its the physical/technological limitation(s) that becomes a concern (ex. coverage).


Edited: One sentence added; a typo corrected.




This post has been edited by UN1T3D: Sep 6 2015, 09:21 PM

digi is bangla company.
local malaysia call 36sen/min block 60 sec
bangla idd call 4sen/mn block 30 sec !
plan best prepaid 'new best v1"
http://new.digi.com.my/ecomm_C/services/default/bestprepaid

i choose altel for low data usage & minimal call/sms.
reload rm30 ... then subscribe to 1Gb data for 90 days (rm28 only) ... call/sms also valid for 90 days too. Coverage also good.

Bangla company? HAHAHAHAHA. Telenor group is bangla? HAHAHAHA

then how come call to bangla so cheap 2 sen/30 second ?

Just because it's cheap doesn't mean they are bangla. Digi's major stakeholder are telenor group and telenor group major stakeholder are government of norway.

This post has been edited by zher4883: Sep 11 2015, 08:59 AM

you forgot tune talk - very interesting - 0.16/min but 3rd min onward 0.10/min. if you take the rm50 reload where you get rm70 airtime, you can discount those rates by a further 30% making it as cheap as 0.07/min!

i give my operator (Friendi) rm10 more which is rm40 a month and in return I get 500mb and unlimited local calls and sms. I think that's a super deal!

And validity is never never a problem. Just make one call or send one sms and you get 60 days more!

This post has been edited by sbd: Sep 11 2015, 10:24 PM

Haha, there's a little history to that matter. As of June 2015, Telenor holds 49%, EPF holds 13.9%, PNB holds about 6% of DiGi. (Trivia: Vincent Tan have said previously on record how he regretted selling his DiGi shares.)

Historically, Merchantrade was the first to focus on the migrant worker segment by offering cheap calls to bangladesh (orginally 16sen/min). No one wants to talk to Merchantrade initially except Celcom (bcoz celcom xpax was not attractive to migant workers). So Celcom have Merchantrade as mvno and Merchantrade carried HUGE amount of traffic to Bangladesh.

Then the other telcos saw the HUGE amount of money to be made from bangla traffic and cut prices to attract the crowd. Now you see DiGi offering very very cheap IDD rates.

One should be asking can DiGi sustain those rates when they're actually below costs ? If they are sustaining those rates at present to near future (even below costs) then why ?

I did mentioned Tunetalk in point -3 on choosing what you like above ...

Yes, TuneTalk does have interesting plans. The Data plans are enticing. I calculated the RM2 weekly plan as a very cost effective option for the moderate whatsapp/wechat users (hint: topup of rm50 + rm100 and figure out how it can make your whatsapp comfy for the next 1.5 year). Yet, the bottomline still depends on one's requirement.

onexox new data plan

1.5gb RM28
3gb RM48
4gb RM58

soon